Imagine an alternate universe in which Matthew Tkachuk was filing the net for the Anaheim Ducks, Frederik Andersen was giving the Calgary Flames Vezina-worthy goaltending and the Toronto Maple Leafs would still be looking for a No. 1 goalie?

Well, that reality certainly could have happened.

Two and a half years after the fact, it probably still burns Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray that more teams weren’t lining up to make offers for Andersen, although he still managed to do pretty darn well, all things considered.

As it were, sources suggested then and confirmed again this week, that only two teams stepped up and showed legitimate interest: Toronto and Calgary.

That’s it. Just two teams were willing to trade for a 26-year-old who had just won the Jennings Trophy with John Gibson for fewest goals allowed in 2015-16 and engineered a 35-win season the year before that.

It was obvious to Murray that Andersen was ready to be a No. 1 goalie in...